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Bulfinch, ThomasThe Age of Fable or Beauties of MythologyBoston S.W. Tilton & Company 1883 Later Printing Paperback Very Good Plus No Jacket Boston: S.W. Tilton & Company, 1883. The major work by Bulfinch (1796-1867). which is still read today in several forms. It was edited by E.E. Hale in 1881 and achieved great popularity as "Bulfinch's Mythology." This is a Very Good to Very Good Plus copy of a later printing of "A New and Enlarged Edition." Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Decorative endpapers; clean text; 472 pages, with index and dictionary. There is a partially erased signature on the FFEP. Rubbing to the head and foot of the spine; some minor scuffing, more prominent on the rear cover. An attractive copy of this important work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Original Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Price:
65.00 USD

Bulfinch, ThomasThe Age of Fable or Beauties of MythologyPhiladelphia David McKay 1898 First Thus Hardcover Near Fine No Jacket Philadelphia: David McKay, 1898. The major work of Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867). and a classic that is still read today; indeed, the most comprehensive popular treatment until Edith Hamilton's. It appears in several forms It was first edited by E.E. Hale in 1881 and achieved great popularity as "Bulfinch's Mythology." This is a Near Fine copy of the "New, Revised Edition" edited here by Reverend J. Loughran Scott. "With a classical index and dictionary and nearly two hundred illustrations." Red decorative cloth binding with black decorations on the front panel ( a figure of Mercury); gilt lettering on the cover and the spine. Still very bright. Clean text, very bright quality paper; 501 pages, indexed, and one page advertising Murray's "Manual of Mythology." Mildly bumped, and a tiny ink spot on the lower fore-edge. Previous-owner signature on FFEP. Lacking the dustjacket, but a solid copy; not usually seen in such nice condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition. Price:
65.00 USD

Bulfinch, ThomasThe Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythology By Thomas Bulfinch. A New Enlarged and Illustrated EditionBoston S.W. Tilton & Company 1881 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Minus No Jacket Boston: S.W. Tilton & Company, 1881. The major work of Thomas Bulfinch ( ), originally published in 1855. This is a Very Good (minus) copy of the "Second Edition," with the text as edited by E.E. Hale (First Edition Thus). This became known as "Bulfinch's Mythology," still read today. Green cloth binding, with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 472 pages, with index and vocabulary. The volume is still bright, with minor rubbing and bumped corners; but both gutters are tender, and they could use some reinforcement before general use. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. First Edition. Price:
35.00 USD

Bulfinch, ThomasThe Age of Fable; or Beauties of MythologyBoston & New York Lee & Shepard/Lee, Shepard, & Dillingham 1875 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Boston & New York: Lee & Shepard/Lee, Shepard, & Dillingham, 1875. The major work of Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867), still in print. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing by Shepard. Issued prior to E.E. Hale's popular revision of 1881. Maroon cloth binding with blindstamped and gilded design on the front panel; gilt lettering (somewhat faded) on the spine.Clean text, quite supple and readable; 488 pages (indexed). Many illustrations. No dustjacket. Quite a respectable copy of one of the most famous and influential works of the 19th century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Price:
75.00 USD

Bulfinch, ThomasThe Age of Fable; Or Beauties of MythologyBoston S.W. Tilton & Company 1855 First Thus Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Boston: S.W. Tilton & Company, 1855. The major work by Bulfinch (1796-1867), collected by Hale in 1881 to form "Bulfinch's Mythology," which is still popular today. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, published in the same year as Sanborn's (acknowledged as the True First Edition). This version is quite scarce, with no copies held by major institutions, and rare on the market.In a bit of a bibliomystery, the Title Page is Tilton's but the spine names Lee & Shepard as the publisher. It seems to differ from Sanborn only in its subtitle.Green cloth binding with blindstamping and a gilt mythological scene on the front panel. Mildly bumped and light rub to the tips of the spine. Clean text; 485 pages, including the proper indices. Very supple and quite readable. Hinges a bit weak but holding nicely. In a protective plastic cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Price:
150.00 USD

Bulfinch, ThomasThe Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and HeroesBoston Sanborn, Carter, and Bazin 1855 First Edition. Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Boston: Sanborn, Carter, and Bazin, 1855. This is the first volume by Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) that, a quarter-century later, would be collected by Edward Everett Hale into "Bulfinch's Mythology," which is still popular today. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. 485 pages. Illustrated with line drawings. Clean text; foxing confined to the endpapers and tissue guard of the frontis. Two signatures are somewhat loose and stand a bit proud of the fore-edge. The blindstamped binding has faded into a light olive cover, except on the spine, which retains original brown and gilt. The corners are bumped and the spine is worn at head and foot. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. A very respectable copy of one of the more important cultural works of the last 150 years. Rather scarce except in the later editions, which were wildly popular. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Price:
250.00 USD